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                           Phrase(s): put paid to something  to consider something closed or completed; to mark or indicate that something is no longer important or pending. (As if one were stamping a bill "paid".)  •  At last, we were able to put paid to the matter of who is to manage the accounts.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           Finish off, end, as in We'd best put paid to this issue. [Early 1900s]
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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